BF3 glare/sun effects problem

[B3rni3]

Hey guys I bought BF3 last night from that cjkeys place and did the english patch thingy and was playing it last night and all was well. I was playing just multiplayer last night and the game seemed fine.

Now today I went to try the campaign and I quickly noticed the lighting was a bit off. As I was going up a stairwell just before the bit with the sniper in the hotel I came across a big problem. There was a lot of glare in the stairwell to the point I couldnt even see my gun or where I was going in an area that is supposed to be dark.

See this video I recorded.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koszVbkmXu4&feature=youtu.be

I am running the game on my rig which consists of an overclocked 3930k and a minor overclocked 680. I recently did a full install of windows again so all drivers and such are up to date.

Is that even normal (some how I doubt it).

Any help would be appreciated guys.

Thanks.

 

[yassarikhan786]

That's definitely not normal. Does the same thing happen with low brightness settings?

 

[B3rni3]

yes but that did tone it down marginally.

 

[yassarikhan786]

I haven't checked the BF3 settings in a while, but it could be something to do with Ambient Occlusion.

 

[B3rni3]

that was the first thing I tried in game because it happened aswell in a garage with two cars and it look really weird. I used the 3 different types and it did nothing really to help. Would changing the ambient oc settings in the nvidia control panel help?

 

[yassarikhan786]

I think it's worth a try. Have you noticed this issue in other games as well, or haven't you checked?

 

[tristan]

i had the exact same problem, i fixed it by going through all the battlefield graphics settings and just one by one turning all the effects off, i can't remember which setting it was that fixed it but i know that it can be fixed by one of the settings in there.

 

[yassarikhan786]

i had the exact same problem, i fixed it by going through all the graphics settings and just one by one turning all the effects off, i can't remember which setting it was that fixed it but i know that it can be fixed by one of the settings in there.

Maybe post the exact settings you're using at the moment? It could help the OP.

 

[B3rni3]

I think it's worth a try. Have you noticed this issue in other games as well, or haven't you checked?

Nope no problems with other games.

i had the exact same problem, i fixed it by going through all the battlefield graphics settings and just one by one turning all the effects off, i can't remember which setting it was that fixed it but i know that it can be fixed by one of the settings in there.

Can you post the settings your using so I can which are different to mine and I will try them thanks.

 

[tristan]

try turning antialiasing deferred off, other than that my settings are all maxed. but im pretty sure that once the anti aliasing deferred is off it fixed my problem

 

[B3rni3]

will try that a little when I have time to thanks.

 

[B3rni3]

quick update

I changed that setting back to off and everything runs as it should do now. No more stupid glare coming through the walls.

Thanks guys.

 

[Josh Weston]

So, AA's the problem. How very odd.

 

[tristan]

it is wierd, but bf3 is the only game that caused a problem for me so i haven't worried about it much.